costs and expenses of the federal budget and will allow you to engage in forest management in a short time, what are your first impressions of the process, how difficult was it to control the drone? well, the first lessons that i took, lessons on the simulator, are not difficult, i’ll tell you honestly, but ideal conditions have been created on the simulator, in the forest the situation is somewhat different, firstly, these are gusts of wind, this is cloudiness, this is the weather, this is darkness, these are the tops trees, you need to constantly lift the drone and adjust it from... the speed and altitude of its flight, and if it is also used for forest research, forest taxation, then of course, this is doubly difficult, but when i go out into the forest with my own semi-professional drone, then i will tell you in detail how this happens in practice. in connection with the holiday season, the federation council raised the issue of rising prices for air tickets. according to the latest data from rosstat, economy class flights have risen in price by 31% in six months. senators discussed these alarming statistics. at a meeting with the participation

of experts and relevant departments. we will talk about its results with senator alexei sinitsin, but a little later. in the meantime, my colleague marina pavlova will talk about the current situation with passenger transportation in aviation. yes, gennady, indeed, since the beginning of the year, air tickets have become more expensive every month, and, according to intrans, the largest increase in prices was, oddly enough, in march. then the ticket price soared by 22%. by summer, the growth rate had dropped to 9% monthly. rostat also has fresh ones. statistics: the average cost of a flight within russia in an economy class aircraft per 1.00 km of travel in the first half of this year was 7,363 rubles, this is 17% more than the figure for the same period in 2023, but despite the increase in tariffs, the demand for travel does not decrease, on the contrary , it increases, which allows airlines to create a market supply of free seats in the cabin. the minimum depth of sales,

that is, the period before departure when a passenger books transportation, has increased, this means that citizens are ready to fly, are ready to book their trips in advance, all this together indicates that the population can now generally afford current prices. russians continue to actively travel around our country. this year. the most popular destinations are headed by flights to sochi, moscow, yekaterinburg, tyumen, kazan, st. petersburg, kaliningrad, sektavkar, ufa and chebaksary. sales of round-trip air tickets to these destinations increased by almost 13% from the beginning of february to the end of june 2024. if we return to the increase in tariffs for specific destinations, it is most noticeable on flights from various russian cities to sochi. the average bill rose to 2,000 rubles. roundtrip. increase by comparison. with

the same period last year 20-40%. and the growth leader is kazan. over the year, the tariff jumped by 53%. approximately from 13 to more than 20,000 rubles. at the same time, tour operators note that trips abroad have not increased in price so significantly. and we have recorded some stabilization in prices, for example, prices for popular aviation destinations such as turkey, the united arab emirates, and egypt. thailand did not increase as significantly, the growth here was about 7-12%. analysts say that flight prices have increased not only due to high demand, the cost of transportation is also growing; sanctions play a role in this, because of which it has become more expensive to maintain aircraft. for some items, prices for components have increased by 2.3 times and up to five to six times in addition.

delivery times for these parts have increased, which has forced russian airlines to build up very large warehouse stocks, and this, as we understand, is frozen funds. there seems to be only one way out of this situation: to carry out import substitution. nowadays it’s not easy for travelers to save money, but it is possible, for example, to choose tickets on aggregators; this is more convenient than going to the website of every airline you know on your own. you can participate in discounts and bonuses. programs of your favorite carrier, the trip will also be cheaper with a composite route, flight without luggage and early booking, this will help save up to a third of the cost of air tickets. the best option is to buy a couple of months before departure, then the price will be less subject to sudden changes, there will be special offers and promotions, one more a great way to save money is to fly with subsidized programs. usually such tickets are half the price of the standard one.

the cost is reduced due to the state, which every year allocates money from the budget for discounted tickets, however, there is a caveat: such offers end very quickly. tickets that are available. to all russians, there are more than 200 such directions, these are the majority of interregional directions, the so-called bypassing moscow, that is, interregional communication that is subsidized by the federal budget in each region and between each of regions have corresponding flights. to find out when and where you can go with subsidized tickets, you need to go to the official website of the federal air transport agency, it shows the dates, airline directions operating flights to each city, here. you need to buy such tickets on the airline’s websites or apps, or in person at the office. it is better to check with the carriers for detailed conditions. so, we’ll discuss how to make air travel more accessible with senator alexei sinetsin. alexey vladimirovich, let’s first understand the

reasons for the increase in air ticket prices. well, before talking about this, it must be said that in very difficult conditions we managed to preserve one of the most important industries for the territorial coherence of our country - air transportation. certainly. the story is not very encouraging that every month during the twenty-fourth year rosstat and the federal antimonopoly service record an increase in prices for air tickets, but there are several factors, prices for components are rising very strongly due to the fact that we are under unprecedented sanctions, prices for aviation fuel, that is, there are objective reasons, but the most important thing is that what we have to understand, so that there is no biased increase in prices for air transportation, we must understand that a fairly large number of routes of the russian federation are operated. the only airline, well, that is, one route, one airline, well, in such a situation, we, as a state, would like to understand the pricing system and so that there are no unreasonable prices for tickets on such routes, that’s how we would talk about this during our event, about that we need a system of control over this very

situation, when we are talking about more affordable flights, there are two components: on the one hand, the price of tickets must be affordable, on the other hand, it must, in principle, be possible to fly somewhere and buy such tickets. airlines in order to be able to transport. a large number of passengers use a dynamic pricing system, that is, when you buy a ticket earlier before departure, you pay less than the cost of this ticket, when you, the closer to the departure date, the higher ticket price, at some point the ticket price crosses the cost line and - due to this, due to the fact that you pay more, the closer the departure date, the airline's losses from selling tickets at earlier dates are compensated and the airline's profit is formed, here what needs to be done in order to...

support the industry, because it was in the twenty-second year that the industry was hit by unprecedented and very difficult sanctions, so in the twenty-second year there was maximum state support, because we needed this industry to preserve, it must be said that these are federal support measures, there are also regional support measures, that is , regionally subsidized flights between individual regions, we always want to allocate more... funds to this area so that citizens can fly even cheaper, in order in order for us to travel even more comfortably, we must understand that the state’s capabilities are not limitless; today , these support measures that exist now allow us to have subsidized flights and for citizens to purchase relatively inexpensive

air tickets. now russian airlines have 1,123 aircraft at their disposal, but the carriers are waiting for new airliners, in your opinion, when the airlines can get these new airliners, well, the government is putting quite a lot of effort into this now, and first deputy prime minister valentinovich manturov is personally monitoring this , there is a schedule according to which our aircraft should be put into operation, we expect three vessels, this is ms-21, this is a dry superjet - superjet with new pd8 engines, tu-204 and its modifications, and we think that in in the twenty-sixth year they will begin to arrive. these airliners, although we understand a fairly large number of problems associated with how these aircraft should now be adapted to domestic components, domestic components. our task, as a legislator, is to help with regulatory regulation so that our aircraft manufacturers and carriers have as

few barriers as possible to the introduction of russian airliners. the market of the russian federation is sufficient to have its own aviation industry. this this is not the case in all industries. in the aviation industry, our market is huge, we have a huge country, we need a huge amount. industries across the country are restructuring their operations to produce products that were previously purchased abroad. so, by the end of the year , a technology park will be opened in the altai territory, where they will design and produce parts for various equipment. a site is being built on the basis of the altai research institute of mechanical engineering technology. they have been developing import-substituting products for several years and will now share their experience with other companies. the technology park will be the third for the altai territory. the region generally shows impressive growth rates. industrial production. its index at the end of 2023 was the highest in

the last 16 years. svetlana temerbulatova spoke with future residents of the technology park. the detail is small, but the significance is enormous. the spare part is used when cultivating the soil in order to subsequently grow and collect a high-quality harvest. this is an es-shaped stand for cultivators, one of the first projects of the altai research institute mechanical engineering technologies in the field of import substitution. this enterprise produces 20 ranges of trailed equipment for tillage, which, as it were , is already competing, of course, with foreign countries. previously, such parts were supplied to the russian market from western european countries, but since 2022 , import substitution projects have been actively implemented at the company’s production sites; the equipment at the plant is also mainly used domestically, new ones are purchased, and time-tested ones are improved. at the enterprise this one has been modernized. an old machine from the seventies, a modern program -controlled system was installed on it, now with the help of this

computer metal can be processed automatically, previously this was done only manually. the enterprise's domestic developments help meet russia's needs in agricultural machinery. in order to achieve even greater results based on the production facilities of the altai research institute of mechanical engineering technology, a technology park is now being built, it will specialize in the production of standardized components, the use of which is possible on... the construction of the technology park is being implemented within the framework of the national project for small and medium-sized businesses, and the main goal is to attract residents of small and medium-sized businesses to its site, in our case this is more related to the production sector. . at the technopark site, residents will be provided with modern equipment, machines, laser cutting machines, a welding robot, a painting line will be installed, some of them have already been delivered, the launch is planned for the end of this year, and vrubtsovsky has already begun his first work in altai. region and industrial technology park. it was put into operation 2 years ago on the premises of the tractor plant. the technology park specializes in

agricultural machinery and is also aimed at import substitution of the equipment most in demand among russian farmers. equipment purchased with federal subsidies under the program cost about 300 million. this is equipment for a collective use center. at the moment, we are already producing more than a thousand units of products on this equipment. residents have work orders. machines that are produced for our agricultural producers. the sanctions motivated businesses to occupy vacated

niches and develop their production, therefore, with the full commissioning of all sites, the number of domestic new products will only increase. svetlana timerbulatov, alexander masterpiece, andrey letvin, senate program, altai territory. technoparks of the altai territory are only part of the country’s huge research and production complex. currently , 156 such sites are registered in a special register, majority. in the european part of russia, least of all in the far east. the main task of a technology park is the rapid launch of high-tech production, most often in one particular area. the site has a compact technical, managerial, and , very important, scientific base. it is no coincidence that many of them, just like the altai ones, are created at the facilities of some strong nii. active construction of technology parks in russia will continue. at least 100 such spaces should open in russia by 2030 year. this... was put by the president in his message to the federal assembly. the

spatial development strategy of russia, the transformation of the higher education system, as well as the preparation of a new bill on notaries. these topics were the focus of the meeting of the presidium of the council of legislators. the body brings together federal and regional parliamentarians who exchange experiences and form a unified legislative agenda for the country. it is no coincidence that the spatial development strategy became the focus of the council’s attention. considered a basic document long-term planning of all levels of government, as noted by the first vice-speaker of the upper house of parliament andrei yatskin, a new edition of the document designed until 2030 . must meet national goals, new challenges, and also take into account the interests of the regions and their inhabitants. particular attention to small towns and villages. also in the new document it is important to take into account the economic and infrastructural connectivity of the entire territory of the country; the development of russia requires reducing the level of interregional differentiation, overcoming the imbalance in settlement system primarily in siberia and

the far east. it is certainly important to include special measures and mechanisms in the planned strategy. let me remind you that the inclusion of reunified regions in the russian legal framework is handled by the integration council, created under the upper house of parliament. support for families with children, rehabilitation of people with disabilities, care for soldiers of special military operations. these and many other issues were the focus of attention of the federation council committee on social policy during the spring. parliamentary sessions. senators reviewed 84 laws that will change the lives of russians in the near future. let's sum up the results with the chairman of the committee, elena permenova. elena alekseevna, among the key laws of the spring session i cannot help but highlight the resumption of indexation of pensions for working pensioners. this was the president’s decision, and quite unexpected, he announced at the plenary meeting of the st. petersburg international

economic forum. why do you think this law is important right now? this law is very... important, it is long-awaited, it’s no secret that in our country, since the entire economy has now resumed, labor reserves are in demand, that is, personnel, and precisely those pensioners who have retired, but they have a very large experience of competence, they are in great demand in production, now i believe that they they will return with pleasure, since the president has made a decision that they can receive wages, and their pensions will also be indexed, like all pensioners, that is, this indexation. will be held twice a year, the first time is in february, as usual this all happens at the level of the consumer price index, but the second indexation in april can happen if we have an increase in social fund income. now is the year of the family, and what important laws to support motherhood and childhood were adopted in the spring session? oh, you know, a lot

of laws were adopted here too, and they all came from the message of the president of the russian federation to the federal assembly, and i would here... note first of all these are the laws that were included in the tax package laws, well, probably the most significant, the main one, which will be felt by very many families, there will be 4 million such families, home to 10 million children, this is a tax cashback, the so-called tax cashback, is due to those families who are raising two or more children , parents work, and if the total income for family members does not exceed one and a half times the subsistence minimum. in the region in which this family lives, those who fall within these criteria will pay only 6% personal income tax persons, that is, these families can already receive this tax cashback in 2026 for 2025; also, on behalf of the president, it was extended until 2030 that families receive 450 thousand

rubles to pay mortgage loans if they have a third and subsequent children in the family. and this law will also apply to the acquisition of individual housing plots for individual housing construction, in addition, standard tax deductions for parents with children will also increase, for example, for a second child with one was 1,80,000 rubles. now it will be 2,800 rubles. and if the third and subsequent children, then 6,000 rubles. there will be such a standard tax deduction that will be excluded from the taxable minimum, this is also very good support for families with children. elena alekseevna, support for participants in a special military operation and their family members is also one of the central themes in your work. what laws in this area have been adopted over the past six months? yes, this is a very important topic, a lot has already been done in the previous session, a lot has been adopted laws, this is what we have had this session, i would note a very important law, and you know, this law was initiated by our young

colleagues, the chamber of young legislators, which allows disabled children who died. noted that rural tourism is now very developed in our country, a law was passed that allows tourists who come to the countryside to stay in farmers' houses. you know how many violations we had.

trends that work for us in the rostov region in crimea, which help our reunified territories, they are just awarding pensions, so there is a lot of work, we will continue to work, the expedition of the floating school of karabel and prionezhye ended after almost a month of traveling along the rivers and lakes of the russian north, this project has been supervised by deputy chairman of the federation council yuri vorobyov for many years, schoolchildren are on the way learned to sail a ship, set sails, set up a camp, carried out scientific research... after becoming responsible and erudite.

daria vozhigova will tell everyone about the route and such a trip, even the discoveries of the teams. not much, but to others, more adults, 1200 km along the waterways of the russian north, the expedition of the floating school of ships and prionezhye started from the city of vytigra, at the end of june, since then five crews have changed, each had eight people, teenagers were sailing on a gaff schooner . nezhskaya pearl under the guidance of experienced mentors of the russian geographical society. over the years , teams reached the slovenian islands, st. petersburg, and veliky novgorod. this time the shipbuilders set off along the volga-baltic canal from lake onega to rybenskoye reservoir and the city of rybensk itself. we have a chain going down from the end of the bushsprit, it’s called the waterstack. during the trip , schoolchildren are completely immersed in ship life, studying the structure of a schooner, scrubbing the deck, and knitting. sea ​​knots try themselves in the role of cooks and, of course, train to work as a team, the half crew will get ready for a sailing plowshare! as the main test

, setting sails is not an easy task; you need to work efficiently and in a coordinated manner. young shipbuilders learn to pass through locks, moor, hang out the fenders, they are needed so as not to damage the side of the vessel. on the crew’s path there were three of volgobalt’s largest locks; they follow one another at a distance of only a kilometer. on...

they told about lake obnezhsky. the reservoir is an excellent place for recreation, fishing, and the volga-baltic and white sea-baltic waterways pass through it. the mentor

of the shipbuilders of the onega region and the hero of russia, deputy chairman of the federation council yuri vorobyov noted that it is thanks to such expeditions that children develop an interest in to knowledge, to research, he met with the guys during their journey. there are no less water signs on the sulphurous passage on the river. even more than on the roads, you need to know all of them and follow them, and there must also be discipline, yes, this is mandatory. the senator also told the schoolchildren that he follows their route on social networks; he noted that the most valuable thing is the memory of the sailing trip, which will remain with the children for the rest of their lives. and based on the results, the expedition participants will compile a guidebook with a detailed description of the route, so that anyone anyone could discover the beauty and charm of the russian north. daniil nikolov, these were the results of the week in the federation council, see you on air, see you in the senate program next week.

i say, well, yes, the first time i arrived, i was there for 5-6 days, i didn’t want to leave, it will soon be 2 years.

at the beginning of the issue, the latest information about the dam break at the kiolim reservoir in chelyabka. region, one settlement has already been flooded, residents of three more are being evacuated, the government of the ural federal district reported this. according to the administration in the karabash urban district , about 200 people are in the flood zone; a state of emergency has been declared. the ministry of emergency situations reports that the village of kiolim, as well as the villages of mukhametova, baidashevo and karaseva, are under threat. local authorities said that at the moment 35 people have been evacuated,

and the victims were injured due to a dam break. no for residents.